“For the first time since 2008, I had insurance,” Weaver said. “It has made my life completely different. It’s been a gift.”
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“For the first time since 2008, I had insurance,” Weaver said. “It has made my life completely different. It’s been a gift.”
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The anniversary is a reminder of what is possible when leaders prioritize working families and build coalitions to lower costs and expand access to care. It also underscores what is at stake as new proposals threaten to undo that progress.
Duke Energy Carolinas kept $21.70 of every $100 paid by North Carolinians in 2024 as pure profit. That’s higher than normal for energy companies and much higher than other industries.
Another month into 2026 means another month without a state budget for North Carolinians as state lawmakers show no sign of progress in negotiations. North Carolina Governor Josh Stein warns that the lack of a budget puts North Carolina’s economic growth at risk.
“For the first time since 2008, I had insurance,” Weaver said. “It has made my life completely different. It’s been a gift.”
More than 33,000 North Carolina and South Carolina residents have signed the petition asking for an independent review of the system to determine any overcharges on bills and call for the company to issue refunds, if that is the case.
As North Carolina heads toward a competitive 2026 election cycle, the outcome of this policy shift may have far-reaching consequences.
State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has approved an average rate increase of nearly 30% for ACA plans sold through Healthcare.gov. Causey said the increases reflect rising health care costs as well as provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law in July.
Voters rejected Morrow’s extreme views that fueled her 2024 campaign, and now she’s showing that nothing has changed for her Senate campaign. This type of extremism does not belong in North Carolina, and certainly not in a campaign for a position that is meant to represent the diverse people of this state.
More than 33,000 North Carolina and South Carolina residents have signed the petition asking for an independent review of the system to determine any overcharges on bills and call for the company to issue refunds, if that is the case.
Un contrato de arrendamiento federal para oficinas en 11000 Regency Parkway, en Cary, Carolina del Norte, ha generado preguntas entre residentes después de que un reportaje de WIRED sugiriera que el espacio podría convertirse en una nueva oficina del U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Auditor Boliek, who oversees the NC Board of Elections, recently raised concerns by campaigning for Phil Berger in a tight primary. Berger helped put Boliek in charge of election oversight with a controversial 2024 law many at the time called a partisan power grab.
For this year’s primary, UNITE HERE Local 23 has focused on door-knocking in the Charlotte and Roanoke Rapids areas in an effort to highlight what’s at stake in this election – workers’ rights, fair wages, affordable healthcare, and education. With over 43,500 doors knocked statewide ahead of election day, the state’s largest union for hospitality workers has been organizing to empower voters with vital information.
In the 2023-2024 school year, there was a whopping difference of $3,360 per child in spending when looking at the 10 highest-spending counties compared to the 10 lowest-spending counties, according to The Public School Forum of North Carolina’s 2026 Local School Finance Study.
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced his opposition to the rate hikes, saying, “Duke Energy’s proposed rate hike is simply too high and comes as the company is also retreating on more affordable clean energy. At a time when families are struggling to make ends meet, we should be doing everything we can to make life more affordable, not less.”